Chasing Union Pacific 4014 Big Boy 2024 Test Run Part 1 with No Diesel

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Published 2024-05-24
Cell phone video of Union Pacific Big Boy 4014 in Cheyenne, WY. 4014 went west for a test run to test the new PTC system. No diesel was in the consist. This video shows the engine from the shop to Speer. Sorry about the wind in the videos, gotta love nature! I left in parts that have the crew and dispatch talking on the scanner.
All Comments (13)
  • @RicardoD957
    4015: (tearfully) I guess you don't need me anymore.
  • @noelroberts8199
    What an amazing piece of machinery,crude technology but (Big) Boy she looks and runs nice......
  • @johnnysager8899
    Just a beautiful piece of machinery which is alive again 👍👍
  • @DynamicDuo795
    They have to use this engine to power a revenue freight train now that the PTC setup is complete. These things weren't built to pull excursion or tourist trains. It was designed and built specifically to haul heavy freight at high speeds.
  • @mikek1210
    What scanner did you use to hear crew and what frequencies
  • @stephenswift5531
    I still think that they should the union Pacific diesel assistance
  • @jackjr.sparrow3668
    I think they should start building more steam engines because we spend so much fuel for multiple engines to pull freight when you only need a single steam engine to pull freight. I can’t believe we where very dumb to retire steam when they have massive torque and the technology we have to upgrade them. Then spending billions of dollars to build diesel engines.
  • @steamtechnicolor461
    Wowwwww!!! No diesel helper. But I doubt if dynamic braking is unneccessary.